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ERSKINE, John 7th Lord Erskine, 2nd (or 19th) Earl of Mar, 1st Lord Cardross, Lord Treasurer
(1562-1634)
STEWART, Marie
(About 1582-1644)
HOPE, Thomas of Craighall, 1st Baronet, Sir
(About 1573-1646)
ERSKINE, Charles of Alva, 1st Baronet, Sir
(About 1604-1663)
HOPE, Mary
(About 1620-)
ERSKINE, Mary
(1639-)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. HAMILTON, William 3rd of Wishaw

ERSKINE, Mary 1 2

  • Baptised: 21 November 1639, Edinburgh parish, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland 2
  • Marriage (1): HAMILTON, William 3rd of Wishaw on 31 August 1676 1

   Other names for Mary were ARESKIN, Marie,2 ARESKINE, Mary,2 ARSKIN, Mary,2 ARSKINE, Mary 2 and ERSKIN, Marie.2

   User ID: P646.

  General Notes:

"ERSKIN
MARIE
CHARLES ERSKIN/MARIE HOPE FR1181 (FR1181)
F
21/11/1639
685 / 1
40 / 488
Edinburgh"

from Births and Baptisms 2


Mary married William HAMILTON 3rd of Wishaw, son of William HAMILTON 1st of Wishaw and Beatrix DOUGLAS of Morton, on 31 August 1676.1 (William HAMILTON 3rd of Wishaw was born about 1630 and died by 1726 1 3.)


  Marriage Notes:

"He (William Hamilton) married, second, 31st August 1676, Mary, daughter of Hon. Sir Charles Erskine, Bt. of Alva, and had : -

(g) Captain Charles Hamilton of Weatherley, born 17th December 1678. He was served heir to his granduncle, Sir Hugh Hamilton, Bt. of Rosehall, 6th August 1759. He married, 1699, Euphemia, daughter of Sir Archibald Hamilton, Bt. of Rosehall (No. 334), and had :

- (1) William Hamilton, born 28th December 1700; died young.

- (2) Archibald Hamilton, born 7th January 1703 ; died young.

(h) John Hamilton of Newton, born 30th November 1680 ; died 25th January 1757. He married Jean, daughter of Garthshore of Garthshore, and died s.p.m. His daughters were served heirs to him 17th June 1757."

from The Heraldry of the Hamiltons 1

Sources


1 e-books, The Heraldry of the Hamiltons by G. Harvey Johnston (1909).

2 GRO Scotland, OPR Index of Births and Baptisms.

3 e-books, Historical and Genealogical Memoirs of the House of Hamilton by John Anderson (1825).

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